Meredith is an active member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, as the past Chair for the Executive Committee of the Commercial & Bankruptcy Law Section and past at-large member of the Board of Directors.  Meredith is also an active member of the Indiana State Bar, as the past Chair for the Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Section.  Notable representations include:

• In re Aearo Technologies, LLC, et al. (Case No. 22-02890-JJG-11) – Represents the Combat Arms Version 2 Earplug Creditors Committee in the largest mass tort chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
• In re USA Gymnastics (Case No. 18-09108-RLM-11) – Represented the Sexual Abuse Survivors’ Creditors Committee.
• In re 5 Star Investment Group, LLC, et al. (Case No. 16-30078-HCD-11) – Represents the Chapter 11 Trustee in a large, complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy case involving a $25 million real estate investment scheme sold primarily to the Amish in Northern Indiana.
• In re Thomas P. Gibson and Patsy M. Gibson (Case No. 10-93867-BHL-7) – Represented the Chapter 7 Trustee in a case involving a billion dollar check kiting scheme, causing the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars to primarily small cattle dealers throughout the United States. The Chapter 7 Trustee collected in excess of $3 million and was involved in returning an additional $4.2 million to the victims.

• Faculty Member – Steven H. Ancel Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2019 – 2022)
• Faculty Member – Sigmund J. Beck Advanced Bankruptcy Roundtable, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2021)
• Faculty Member – Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Roundtable, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2015, 2021)
• Faculty Member – Annual Spring Meeting – Health Care and Commercial Regulatory Panel, American Bankruptcy Institute (2021)
• Faculty Member – Collection Law From Start to Finish – An Indiana Guide, National Business Institute (2021)
•  “Death, Taxes and Childbirth! There’s Never Any Convenient Time for Any of Them.” The Inconvenience of the “New Tax” on Chapter 11 Debtors on the Resulting Constitutional Debate, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2021)
• Structured Dismissal Shake-Up: Viability of Structured Dismissals Post-Jevic, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2021)
• Common Bankruptcy Issues in Commercial Real Estate Leases, Indianapolis Bar Association (2019)
• Faculty Member – New Bankruptcy Proof of Claim Forms, Reaffirmation Agreement Forms and More:  A Paralegal’s Guide, National Business Institute (2016)
• Faculty Member – Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Roundtable, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2015)
• Secured Claims in Bankruptcies:  Do Rule 3002(c)’s Deadlines for Filing Proofs of Claim Apply to Secured Creditors?, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2015)
• “It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”:  The U.S. Supreme Court’s Denial of a Chapter 13 Debtor’s Effort to Automatically Appeal Denial of Plan Confirmation, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2015)
• The Advantages of a Short Sale in Bankruptcy:  Is the Debtor Entitled to an Exemption?, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2015)
• Wasting D&O Policies:  Are They Property of the Bankruptcy Estate?; Can the Stay be Lifted to Fund Defense Cost?; Should the Bankruptcy Court Police the Amount of Distributions to Pay Defense Costs?, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2015)
• LLC Interests and Bankruptcy:  The Trustee’s Ability to Operate or Liquidate the LLC and Other Recent Developments, Indianapolis Bar Association (2015)
• Application of Collateral Estoppel in Section 523(a) Dischargeability Proceedings, Indianapolis Bar Association (2015)
• Faculty Member – Find It Free and Fast on the Net:  Strategies for Legal Research on the Web, National Business Institute (2014)
• Locating Persons and Finding Background Information, National Business Institute (2014)
• The Mechanics of Sale of Real Estate in Bankruptcy and Receiverships, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2013)
• Faculty Member – Leonard H. Opperman Chapter 11 Roundtable, Indianapolis Bar Association (2011-2012)
• Absolute-Priority Rule Dead or Alive:  Applicability of the Absolute Priority Rule to Individual Chapter 11 Debtors, Indianapolis Bar Association (2012)
• How to Get Engaged and Paid Using Flat Fee Agreements, Indianapolis Bar Association (2012)
• Use of Cash Collateral in a Single Asset Real Estate Case, Indianapolis Bar Association (2011)
• The Impact of Bankruptcy on Owners of Jointly Held Property:  § 363(h) Sales of Co-Owned Property, Indianapolis Bar Association (2011)
• Produce the Note Defense:  Does the Structure of MERS Allow for a Trustee to Potentially Avoid the Assigned Mortgage?, Indianapolis Bar Association (2010)
• Professional Earnings:  Are the Debtor’s Rights to Future Payments Exempt from Property of the Bankruptcy Estate under § 541(a)(6)?, Indianapolis Bar Association (2010)
• Prebankruptcy Exemption Planning: The Pitfalls of Advising the Debtor Client-How Far is too Far, Indianapolis Bar Association (2009)
• Judicial Estoppel: Debtor’s Failure to Schedule a Cause of Action May Be Fatal to the Trustee’s Future Pursuit and Recovery, Indianapolis Bar Association (2009)
• Which Trusts are Excluded from the Estate?:  A Review of the Law of Spendthrift Trusts in Indiana and Other States and the Application of Section 541, Indianapolis Bar Association (2009)
• In Pari Delicto Defense May or May Not Bar A Trustee’s Claim: An Update on the Application of the In Pari Delicto Defense Against a Trustees’ Claim, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (2009)
• Kevin Scott & Meredith R. Thomas, Commercial Transactions and Contract Law, 55 Wayne L. Rev. 147 (2009)

• Named to the American Bankruptcy Institute’s prestigious “40 Under 40” list of rising leaders among bankruptcy practitioners for 2023
• Selected to the Indiana Rising Stars List in 2021, 2022, and 2023, composed of no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state under age 40 selected by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business